The ‘Forsati for her’ program is part of UoB’s five-year Transformation Plan which was outlined back in 2016 with the aim of making the STEM field more attractive to students, and at the same time improve access to technology education, increase digital literacy, and to be active amongst the entrepreneurship ecosystem.

UoB President Prof Riyad Hamzah commented on the launch of the program saying: “The road to becoming more than a knowledge economy but an innovation economy starts with having skilled human capital.”

He also added that the launch of FinTech Bay and the StartUp Bahrain initiative are going to be a great supplement to further encourage Bahraini females to enter the field of programming.

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